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Ruth Ann Minner (née Coverdale; January 17, 1935 – November 4, 2021) was an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 72nd governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009. She previously served in the Delaware General Assembly from 1975 to 1993, and as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001.
Nov 10, 2021 · Ruth Ann Minner, center, in 2006, during her second term as governor of Delaware. She was a middle-of-the-road Democrat who was conservative on fiscal matters and progressive on social issues.
Nov 4, 2021 · Ruth Ann Minner was elected in 2000 as the state's first woman to serve as governor, after beginning work in state politics in her early 30s. 'Worth it,' say protesters arrested after entering ...
Jan 11, 2022 · She is at peace now and rests where she should, in a small cemetery next to a little white Methodist church, within 25 yards of a Sussex County farmer’s field. In these turbulent political times, we can be proud as we remember Ruth Ann Minner, someone who knew how to reach political consensus for the good of everyone. - Partner Content -.
Dec 27, 2021 · Ruth Ann Minner: Delaware’s Only Woman Governor. Ruby Cramer is a senior staff writer at POLITICO Magazine. Everyone in Delaware knew Ruth Ann. They knew her story, how she was raised on a farm ...
Nov 5, 2021 · Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper’s daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86. Minner, who served as governor from 2001 to 2009, passed away ...
Nov 4, 2021 · Minner was born Ruth Ann Coverdale in Milford in 1935. She left school at 16 to work on the family farm and married Frank Ingram a year later. Ingram died of a heart attack at age 34 in 1967 ...
Nov 5, 2021 · DOVER, Del. (AP) — Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper’s daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86. Minner, who served as governor from 2001 to 2009, passed away Thursday morning, according to Agriculture Secretary Michael Scuse, a friend who once served as her chief of staff.
Nov 4, 2021 · Published November 4, 2021 at 5:02 PM EDT. Delaware’s first and only female governor, Ruth Ann Minner, passed away Thursday. She was 86. Minner served two terms as governor from 2001 through 2009. Gov. John Carney, who served as Minner’s Lt. Governor, called Minner a “trailblazer” and an inspiration for young women.
Nov 8, 2021 · Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper’s daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86. Minner, who served as governor from 2001 to 2009, died Thursd…
